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and education. nothing brings more money to the treasury than educating the american people. early childhood, k-12. higher education. post graduate, lifetime learning. nothing brings more money to the treasury. in addition to the fact that all innovation begins in the classroom, our international competitiveness depends on us being number one and that education is key to that. it also brings more money to the treasury to reduce the deficit. investments in biomedical research, the whole world is in competition on this and we're going to cut our investments to biomedical research to, grants that are put out outside the national institutes of health, that is really giving the advantage to other countries over ours. but i'm going yield to congresswoman lowe. she listed some of these. >> thank you, madam leader. i wanted to just follow up with your comments about research. a major new york hospital came to me and said how can you have sequester? we get $185 million for research into cancer, alshirmse, au
and education. nothing brings more money to the treasury than educating the american people. early childhood, k-12. higher education. post graduate, lifetime learning. nothing brings more money to the treasury. in addition to the fact that all innovation begins in the classroom, our international competitiveness depends on us being number one and that education is key to that. it also brings more money to the treasury to reduce the deficit. investments in biomedical research, the whole world is...
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we now how important education is. we recognize that government alone can't solve these problems of violence and poverty that everybody has to be involved. but we also have to remember that the broader economic environment of communities is critical as well. for example, we need to make sure that folks who are working now, often in the hardest jobs, see their work rewarded with wages that allow them to raise a family without falling into poverty. [applause] today a family with two kids that works hard, and relies on a minimum wage salary, still lives below the poverty line. that's wrong. and we should nicks it. we should reward an onest day's work with honest wages and that's why we should raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and make it a wage you can live on. and even though some cities have bounced back pretty quickly from the recession, we know that there are communities and neighborhoods within cities or in small towns that haven't bounced back. cities like chicago are ringed with former factory towns that never c
we now how important education is. we recognize that government alone can't solve these problems of violence and poverty that everybody has to be involved. but we also have to remember that the broader economic environment of communities is critical as well. for example, we need to make sure that folks who are working now, often in the hardest jobs, see their work rewarded with wages that allow them to raise a family without falling into poverty. [applause] today a family with two kids that...
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educators 10 to answer you. i am a psychologist. i came into education from psychology. i spend most of my time working with principles and so on. they answer you when they greet them. they are addicted to it whistlers. they always have bags of them on tables. that is how i know there are really educators out there. the title may throw you a little bit. i tend to be one of the folks out there running around and telling the emperor he is naked. i came into education full-time about 14 years ago. i have been wavering in the field of social science for much of my life, doing basic research and so on. i walk around schools and i am in schools all the time and working with principals and teachers all the time. i walk around and say, why do you do that? they say, do what? i say, that. they say, i did not know we do that. i do not know. there are flyers from my center and fliers for the book i came out with recently. epiphanies for educators. it gets them to go, i never thought about it that way. i will probably annoy you a lot doing the same kind of thing. the title is one of
educators 10 to answer you. i am a psychologist. i came into education from psychology. i spend most of my time working with principles and so on. they answer you when they greet them. they are addicted to it whistlers. they always have bags of them on tables. that is how i know there are really educators out there. the title may throw you a little bit. i tend to be one of the folks out there running around and telling the emperor he is naked. i came into education full-time about 14 years ago....
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we are educators. educators love content, curricula, and to feel those books and open them up and hit the next page. content is part but not all we need to do. we have to look at how we're introducing these things and how we're training our staffs, how we are communicating and how are we gaining buy in from the school environment. we just need enough people to have a tipping point so that decision making can move forward. pay attention to advertising, marketing, professional development and ongoing reminders. this will allow this work to ccur. [laughter] let me tell you one story. i flewin last night late -- there was fog in new jersey. i remembered being accorded airport not that long ago and trying to get back to chicago. i got to the airport and through security and i got in line at the gate. there was any woman talking to the gate agents. a man was screaming into his cellphone. i was behind him. "where is it?" smacks his phone shawmut shut. "i have to get back to chicago." she says, "sir, as far as
we are educators. educators love content, curricula, and to feel those books and open them up and hit the next page. content is part but not all we need to do. we have to look at how we're introducing these things and how we're training our staffs, how we are communicating and how are we gaining buy in from the school environment. we just need enough people to have a tipping point so that decision making can move forward. pay attention to advertising, marketing, professional development and...
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i run a campaign on the importance of k-12 geography education. the campaign has been endorsed i to former defense secretary's, -- by to former defense secretary's. do you think in thinking of the army of the future that the leadership of the education system here in the us is doing enough to prepare students? >> one of the big problems we have right now it's about out of the population only 19% to 23% is qualified to come into the army of a young population. that is terrible. that is about the development of our youth, element across a rod spectrum. those who get -- rod spectrum. it is about physical fitness. we have a huge problem with obesity, people graduating from high school. the eligible population is getting smaller and smaller. the army is fine today because there is not as much competition, but as the economy goes, it will be more and more competition for this 19% to 23% percentile. let me talk about geography. the complexity of the world and the fact that you can -- the ability to instantaneously communicate because information has chan
i run a campaign on the importance of k-12 geography education. the campaign has been endorsed i to former defense secretary's, -- by to former defense secretary's. do you think in thinking of the army of the future that the leadership of the education system here in the us is doing enough to prepare students? >> one of the big problems we have right now it's about out of the population only 19% to 23% is qualified to come into the army of a young population. that is terrible. that is...
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business leaders would talk about higher education priorities live from the u.s. chamber of commerce at 10:00 eastern. later in the day, it looked at canada-u.s. relations with the canadian ambassador to the u.s. in his state of the union speech, president obama talks about raising the minimum wage. in 45 minutes, we'll talk about how it would affect the economy with a "york times"record year. -- with a
business leaders would talk about higher education priorities live from the u.s. chamber of commerce at 10:00 eastern. later in the day, it looked at canada-u.s. relations with the canadian ambassador to the u.s. in his state of the union speech, president obama talks about raising the minimum wage. in 45 minutes, we'll talk about how it would affect the economy with a "york times"record year. -- with a
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she had an interest in education. that was a major initiative of the administration, no child left behind -- she was an advocate. and then september 11 happen, and that changed everything. the pivot that not only our country had to make, but she had to make as well. having this role and this platform, and what would she do with it, and how could she be part of this effort? and she delivered a radio address in november 2001, the first first lady to deliver presidential radio address on the plight of afghan women. this had been exposed to the world as a brutal treatment of women. that became an important cause for her. she said what struck her after that radio address, she was visiting her daughter at the university of texas in austin, and she was at a department store. women at the makeup counter came up to her and said, thank you so much for speaking out about afghan women. she realized she had this enormous platform that was not only domestic but it was global. from that point forward, and to this day, she is still d
she had an interest in education. that was a major initiative of the administration, no child left behind -- she was an advocate. and then september 11 happen, and that changed everything. the pivot that not only our country had to make, but she had to make as well. having this role and this platform, and what would she do with it, and how could she be part of this effort? and she delivered a radio address in november 2001, the first first lady to deliver presidential radio address on the...